Defense Budget Increased for Maintennace

The web sites for defense industries, Army Technology.com reported the Indonesian National Defense Force (TNI) is planning to increase the annual budget for the maintenance of main armaments to $68m from $58m. Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said that increasing the budget for the maintenance and preservation of military hardware was important to support defense operations. The proposal will significantly improve TNI's military hardware and armour which is up to 20 years old. The defence sector budget for 2009 is IDR32tn